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was six of us chillun: Silas, Luinpkln, Bennie, Lucy, Babe, and me. 3abe, she was borned a long time atter de war.

	“Little Niggers, what was too young to wu~c in de fields, toted water to de field. hands and waited on de old ‘omans what was too old to wuk in de craps. Dein old ‘oinanslooked atter de babies and piddled ‘round de yards.

	“Slave quarters was lots of log cabins wid chimlies of criss~-erossed sticks and mud. Pore white folks lived in houses lek dat too. Our bed was made wid high posties and had. cords, what run evvy which a-way, for springs. ‘Course dey had to be wound tight to keep dem beds from fallin‘ down when you tried to gît in ‘em. For mattresses, de ‘omans put wheat straw in ticks made out of coarse cloth wove right dar on de plantation, and de pillows was

made de same way. OleMiss, she let k~‘ special favorite Niggers,
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what wuk~d up at de big house, have feather mattresses ar~1 pillows.

Dem other Niggers shined dey eyes over dat, but dere warn‘t nothin‘ dey could do ‘bout it ‘cept slip ‘round and cut dem feather beds and pillows open jus‘ to see de feathers fly. Kivver was ‘lowanced out evvy year to de ones what needed lt most. In dat way dere was allus good kivver for evvybody.

	“G~randma Liza b‘longed to Marse Calvin Johnson long ‘fore Marse ~T0hn MoCree buyed her. She was cook at de big house. c~rand~pa Charlie, he b‘longed to Marse Charlie Llardin, but atter him and Grandma married, she still vient by de name of MoCree.